The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1919, Page 18

' f rere re abled Australia Bibel spe) ac alee git aees » Cissico Hayden, dancer. Seana | COMIC PAGE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2%, 1919 | qosu, rqorra| | |GET SOME- ‘nt the Clears Are Father’ Lf ® THE NEW PLAYS © “The Famous Mrs. Fair” a eT |0-0-0 . BUB. | : \ Brings Home a Lesson ‘|S HAA-A ae i B00 TVHOSE 15 BY CHARLES DARNTON Lp 2 PL ReSe OW that the war is over, it ts safe to euy that an occasional woman war worker overworked herself in France at the expense of her family. Anyway, James Forbes will judging by his play, “Phe Famous Mrs. Fuir last night at Henry Miller's Thee tre y For two acts there was very little doing. Mrs. Fair was still on paride ft aniform, together with swaggering women of her unit w j Bored by civilian life that one of them was making a card index bens. Mrs. Fuir had become so famous that an enterprising ¢ waiting at her Long Island home to book her for a lecture tou , to this promoter the whole country cagerly awaited the story of her We | derful exploits from her own lips. The bee of publicity was | im ber bonnet, and so she left her indulgent husband and u ering ch te take care of themselves as they had been trying to do for four y 6o far, no good! This part of the play might have been dedicated to » “A Lady With a Swollen Head.” It was tov artific en for light comedy Way should any one, beyond the members of the local club, yearn to hear Mrs. Fair talk about herself? Let her be photographed, and then let her 4a hang! She didn't mean half as much as a quiet Red Cross nurse| @oming home from work. She remained merely a presumably capable {yreman, intent upon herself, with her head turned by the praise lavished > ’ Pan Pl , en | THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY : Tt is seriously to be doubted whether many fumllies have bee rate tea " aiteiiciabaem nee a tmto disorder by wives und mothers who went overseas to give uid tu the —_—— — saat es OT 7 aT ain ee 2 SS * woys. = De ane, No MAM! Hes LYIN Buta ight whould be granted’ the Nberty of invention, aod Mr. | ; y ; ! Faas MME eas iver a caw israt toe tuirly ole ipl / LAND SAKES = | MM etd cond MERCY! War A UNCONSCIOUS IN TH! HALL / our" XMAd “TURKEY } The play, s0 far as human interest goes, géts under way with the third Wot WAS “THAT © 7 HUSBAND MAM? Stock! wold TH’ WITH A“BIG BUNDLE BesiDE \ a WAS Come ' , get, and from that time until the curtain falls on the fourth act it is real Ke — MINNIE 1 “ iceaiy pe FATHEAD DoIN’=4 HIM-AN' A” PAPER” CRUSHED =v a 4 * @omestic drama. Mrs. Fuir gets back from her lecture tour to find she} ‘i eu ii MEAN 4B. WKieeie.. § + IN HIS: HAND! ’ Jost more than she has won, Fair cannot make out how a husband fits | ~. - ( , “HR fo KNOCK alae ae jimto the modern scheme of things. He is running after a widow, and TH House. Down & / S makes a clean breast of his affairs with her, whereu Mrs. Fair an | Bounces she will divorcee him. Meanwhile, Sylvia, the cighteen- year-old | | @aughter, has been going to cabarets with the lecture manager and sho | ; is 80 changed that her mother scarcely knows her, She talks and dresses Mike a chorus girl. All this leads to her bolting with Giflette, who, inci- _ @entully, owes hor mother weveral thousand dollars as Mrs. Fair's share of | j the lecture receipts. Thanks to u good brother who has married a trust-| | worthy stenographer, Sylvia is brought back from a railroad station, and all-is well. “The Famous Mrs. Fair’ brings home a lesson. We gain from it that ie bed business for a wife and mother to neglect her family. This lesson + is pounded home with such dramatic force by Mr. Forbes that the play { makes a «trong human appeal. Blanche Bates was a bit mannered in the earlier acenes, but later! @m she mads Mrs, Fuir a real character—a tender, devoted woman with! ber eyes opened to the truth. Miss Bates guve a fine, sensitive perform- ance that completely woh her audience in the end. Incidentally, Sylvia ‘was right in saying, when she saw her mother in uniform, “You look so young!” It is a pleasure to add that Miss Hautes also looked charming. Henry Miller was compelled to play a somewhat passive part as the | husband, but he played it with characteristic ease and distinction, Mar- } galo Gilimore gave uncommon charm and spirit to the role of Sylv ; and Jack Devereaux was capital as Alan Fair. A generally excellent c pany, in short, carried “The Famous Mra, Fair" to unmistaki ble suc ess in cg bet OE Naa MARY MIXUP r LITTLE Mrs. Jones Leaned ei a Swift One! of-cee : Sess i empree es 7 : _ VS Att RIGHT. Sik About Plays and Players || [iritews ww-{l] jess | sve S comm om, Fut Raves [340 Baty tee: By BIDE DUDLEY BES hee ‘ e F AFTER YOY — ¢ Yoo Dipnr 2 f HER IM Tre LA SBREAK HER EYE ia MRS Jones's WINDOW ADE UNDER y The TABLE. ? ( > winaow — RTHUR PRYOR, eho, with his| ‘band, is finishing an engage- ment at the Capitol Theatre ais week, has given out his reason «for going. He is in charge of a plan to Dutld a million dollar pler at Ass/ |, “LIGHT: bury Parl x y Comstock and Mor x and must give UP con” | will produce a play called “The Light | ducting the band for awhile, at least. | of the World," by Pierre Salsson. nat On the pier will be a big theatre, and the Lyric ‘Theatre on Jan. 6. George | also @ vast auditorium in which the, Middieton and Guy Holton adapted | leading soloists, symphony orchestras, | moved to Monae ee ee bands and other musical organiza- is | tions of the world will be heard. Mr. TO SHORTEN “FROLIC.” Pryor says the plan covers the instal- | @ye Friars are busily engaged. in lation of various kinds of amusement |cutting down their “Frolic” so that +places and devices, and he predicts | When it is repeated ut the Lexington | Theatre next Sunday night, the fina! | final result will be that Asbury will be a rival of Atlantic City | Curtain will come down at 11.80, Last Si y ni, y re a ot igs bp plonoure and recreation resorts) | 3unday night the show ran almost five hours. After the performance, JENNIE GIVES A DOLL. 8. Jay Kaufman received several of- Julia Fedderson of Oldbridge, N the editor saw it. When he did see it he fired the new reporter. The story was all about a wonder- fully successful young actor name: George M. Cohan. “LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” = —_ we Cupra HH Prove Pubiahing Co ONY Ms CAR fers from vaudeville producers tor his “High Lowbrow,” staged by J., | playlet, JOE’S arded. a Chi doll David Belasco. a of | fppodrome yesterday by Jennle, the | Belasco and ‘Kaufman, us much as | Well, We Hope Joe Got a Laugh On This One! selephant. The doll was dressed by tthe offers, anything, that brou, Julia wishes Carrs WH Pou Potting Co IMP Eorning Worl 1 We to state that she is much obliged Gossip. | , GEE wnize! Y' HAD L = a eeiraty : Sie ar ach she. talon aseady) ITS NICE JOE ~ ONLY MY COLD FEET OVER ME GETTIN’ i INA KRLEY.IN “CARNIVAL” |. Cbcupy:” opened Jest bight in VLE RUN “TH EXHAUST PIPE awnen *Caretea!” opens at the deth | emfor’. . ee ARE Zev! coup! “THIS CAR, AN’ Y'HAVE 'EM WHY — “THEN You'tt AINT “THIS GREAT BLANCHE? (US LOOK How COZY WE Leo Ditrichstein will open Thursday in Hartford in “The Purple Mask,’ under Lee Shubert’s direction, Bird Millman began another en- gagement in the “Midnight Frolic" on the New Amsterdam Roof last night. | The Philadelphia critics who suw “Aphrodite” Saturday have all man- aged to reach home. While dancing in “The Greenwich Village Follies" the other night Bessie McCoy Davis kicked herself in the nose. Careful, Bessie, say we John Drinkwater will be the guest of the Playwrights’ Club on Jan, LIP “THROUGH “TH’ FLOOR — No! what's THE IDEA? Theatre to-morrow evening Margot Kelly wMl be seen in the sup- ' of Godfrey Tearie in the role red in Washington by Mary Ma- Hone. Miss Kelly is the auburn-haired , lady who stepped into “Pierrot, D rodigal,” at the Booth several ‘Seasons ago and made a name for thereeif. More recently she haus been in “Oh, Lady, Lady” and in films. COHAN AS A REPORTER. Years ago, when the Four Cohans ' Now THAT I'VE GoT (Tt HAVE. A "MUFFLER" poe ARE —- NO WIND (I Y'FEET I OR NOTHIN’ D ast = }Were playing in stock in Buffalo, ’ George M. Cohan got a job on the working for a newspaper. First tried soliciting advertising but Fauickty decided he'd do better as a rter. "All right,” said the editor. / up vome news. V print it.” ‘The orge M. turned in dis story. 1 It_was printed before NAT Dovou] . 1919, by The Prow Publishing Co, (The Now York Urening World.) 2 What if the principal Yever of un airplane called? 2 What was the first name of New| Fork City? 4%. How many miles per second does Ught travel? “Pick control 4@ What British general captured | Jerusalem during the war? 6 What was the name of the origi- Mal kingdom of Alexander the Gre 6 Who discovered the theorem of the squaring of the hypotenuse? % What monarch had the longest Teign of modern times? & By whom was the Saturday Eve ming Post founded? 9. What city in China is surrounded by a grout wall? W, What was St fore his conversion’? 2 What are the natives of Paul's name be at was the first settlement in ? ANSWERS TO VESTERDAY’S Man QUESTIONS, Krow?||! | New and will address the members, ‘The Theatre Parisien company will! Present "Les Bleus de "Amour" next) week, It is a comedy by Romain Coolus, In recognition of the work we've 0° OT Bortiy done bere In printing Will ‘Aphrodite’ publicity, Morris Gest 4 has given Mr. Page an automobile. | Fass > Larry Leahy, lyric tenor, is singing| rr “Liberty, My Liberty,” Dorothy | Dare's patriotic song, in “Playland”, at Grand Central Palace this week. A dancing revue will be given by the ninety instructors at the Terrace Garden Dance Pa night. Harry and offer a Futurist d potas YES, 17'S THE. MOST MONEY Ive { VE GOT To PLAY, A BOYS. PART IT TOOK PATIENCE TIME ANDLOTS OF HELLO! you Look MAD YOULL Ger UU | ITS ASKING Too | BIG PAY FoR IT) ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. MUCH OF ME we ee COAXING IN THE’ MOVIES WON'T You? o/!|| EveR MADE, BUT} | idt—Ed, Auerbach is his ame ~— "Vii Holler, | THINK OF iT{ ned | “A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY s a Christmas prosent, Henry Pincher of Wellsvitie has given | | wife permission to go tu a dentist and have two tecth pu | | FOOLISHMENT There once was 4 cranky old Judge Whose daughter fudge The Judye was a thinker And quite a hard drinker Well, Christmas again ts upon us. } FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | “Is there any one in this audience | who thinks he ever saw a goost?” “1 did, sor!” swhete 414 you see this ghost?” . Ol thought yes wald eon," ! made excellent